Arnold telford mason



A. T. MASON.

BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 9,1919.

. 53,774. PatentedSept. 21,1920.

ARNOLD TELFORD MASON, OF HAMPS'I EAD, LONDON, ENGLAND.

BOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1920.

Application filed December 9, 1919. Serial No. 343,524.

or relating to books; and has for its object to apply to the leaves of books, such for example, as novels, flaps having printed matter thereon which may be illustrative or symbolic of the subject matter of the book, and so that a kinematograph effect may be obtained by allowing the flaps to slip one by one ast the thumb or finger.

itherto, small books with illustrations have been used to obtain kinematograph effects, by allowing the leaves thereof to slip quickly by the thumb and fingers, but so far as am aware, it is novel to provide books with leaves having any desired subject matter, such said leaves having flaps with illustrations thereon, for the purpose described.

According to my present invention the leaves and the flaps may be cut out in one and the said flaps may be arranged at the top or the bottom of the book, or at that edge remote from the binding of the book.

In lieu of the flaps being cut out in one, with the leaves, the flaps may be cut out separately .and then caused to adhere to the leaves of the book.

.The cover of the book may be .of such a size that it incloses the flaps so as to protect them from undue wear.

In order that my invention may be more.

fully understood, I have appended one sheet of drawings in which Figure 1 shows an opened book in accordance with my present invention.

Figs. 2 and 3 are details of the book more particularly hereinafter referred to.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings; a is a flap preferably having its top edge beveled in two directions as shown more particularly in Fig. 2, oneportion of the upper edge of the said flap a being beveled as shown at. a and the other portion thereof beveled as shown at a and also as shown in Fig. 3..

3., England, author, have inmg beyond The flap a is provided at each side of its leaves with an illustration indicative of the nature of the text on the leaves o At the rlght hand side of the open portion of the book/the text is indicated by the dotted lines a On some ofthe pages, such, for example, as a, may be a larger illustration (1 of the nature of the story, or there may be text on this side.

By means of the beveled edges of the flap, kinematograph effect may be obtained by allowing the flaps to slip quickly past the thumb when it is placed on the bevel (1 or the flaps may be adapted to slip past the thumb the reverse way by placing the thumb on the bevel portion a Although I have shown the flaps of substantially rectangular formation, yet it is to be understood that they may be of any desired shape.

Claims- 7 1. A book having a series of its leaves provided with overlapping portions projecta margin, of the leaves and bearing illustrations adapted to produce a kinematograph effect when the projecting portions are successively caused to slip quickly by the thumb and fingers.

2. A book having a series of its leaves provided with overlapping portions projecting beyond a margin thereof, the free ends of the projections forming two beveled surfaces, each extending throughout the series, and each projection bearing an illustration on each face thereof, said series of illustra-- tions being adapted to produce kinematograph effects as said projecting portions are successively caused to slip quickly past the thumb or a finger.

3. A book having a series of its leaves provided kWith overlapping portions that project beyond a margin thereof, the corresponding faces of said projections being provided with pictures, and the text on the page from which the projection extends being explanatory of the picture on the projection extending therefrom, whereby by successively exposingsaid pictures a kinematogra h efi'ect ma be produced.

XRNOLD T LFORD MASON. Witnesses:

J. W. THOMPSON I. M. ANDREWS. 

